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Re: External door curtains - Idle curiosity
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 21 November 21 14:26 GMT (UK) »
There was one for sale a while back

https://picclick.co.uk/1950s-Door-Curtain-Sunshade-in-Deckchair-Bold-Stripes-372298341935.html

The ones I can remember were always very faded so I suppose they did their job.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: External door curtains - Idle curiosity
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 23 November 21 14:42 GMT (UK) »
Here's one. This isn't the door it was made for, this is many years later at a different house. Originally we lived on a terraced street with very small front gardens so no privacy once you had the door open. Thanks for the memory!
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